National Registry of Robotically Assisted Surgery

Overview

The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England for a period of 3 years, at a maximum total budget of up to £1,300,320 including VAT, £1,083,600 excluding VAT. Bids exceeding this limit may be rejected. There is the potential to extend this contract for up to 24 months via either a funded extension or the method stated in section 4.2 of Annex A. All pricing submissions must be in regard to this 'core' value, and not inclusive of any extension costs or aspirational intent costs, i.e. Please only submit a cost schedule up to the maximum core value of £1,300,320 including VAT, £1,083,600 excluding VAT. The maximum budget ‘core’ value of £1,300,320 including VAT, £1,083,600 excluding VAT excludes the potential two year extension and aspirational intent as described in section 14.4 of Annex A - Service Specification. Please note, there is no commitment by the Authority at this stage to include any aspirational intent measures. Taking the total of this aspirational intent into account, as well as the possibility that a contract extension may be offered for an additional two years, the potential ceiling value is £10,800,808 GBP including VAT, £8,640,646.40 excluding VAT. The registry should aim to address, where possible and as a priority, the recommendations and requirements of the NICE early evaluation assessment (EVA) and is expected to support the acquisition of relevant metrics. NICE EVA orthopaedics - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/htg743/resources/evidence-generation-plan-for-robotassisted-surgery-for-orthopaedic-procedures-15306435181/chapter/1-Purpose-of-this-document and NICE EVA soft tissue - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/htg742 The registry will continue to evolve in line with the uptake of robotic surgery working with Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), NHSE, National Equipment Tracking and Information System (NETIS) and NICE to ensure evidence generation, availability of data for analysis to highlight variations in care and poor outcomes including health inequities The aims of the national robotically assisted surgical registry are to: •Improve patient safety by tracking short- and long-term results of robotically assisted surgery •Capture key quality metrics aligned with the requirements of the NICE EVA recommendations (see section 9.3) •Support the standardisation of practice •Identify variation in surgical outcomes across hospitals •Provide outcome evidence to inform clinical guidelines, commissioning, and regulatory decisions •Facilitate research and innovation conducted by others in robotic surgical technologies and techniques •Understand the current provision and the equity of access to help inform future strategic decisions. •Make available, near real time data for authorities to evaluate the effectiveness of robotically assisted surgery compared with conventional techniques •Maintain close alignment with relevant NICE national guidance and quality standards throughout the establishment of the registry (see section 9.1 and appendix 1) •Provide timely and high-quality data analysis that compares providers of healthcare •Be clinically led •Link data where feasible and of value at an individual patient level to other relevant national datasets either from the outset or in the future, and plan for these linkages from the inception of the contract •Use robust methodological and statistical techniques (see section 6.2.2) •Provide outputs tailored to a variety of different audiences Provide results in a timely, accessible and meaningful manner minimising the reporting delay and providing continual access to each stakeholder for their own data •Develop and maintain strong engagement with local clinicians, networks, commissioners, patients and their families and carers and charity and community support groups to drive improvements in services The project requirements are*: •A registry that captures prospective key data about robotically assisted surgery. This reg